Japan + RIP + Gothloli + My postcards have arrived

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Pinch and a Punch its the first day of the month...

i am back since a few days ago, if you haven't noticed.
since you have all asked me this question, I shall reply:
Japan was lovely, i felt so at home. where I live its the countryside so the air pure and there is not many people. my grandma is recovering from the fall well. she must be so lonely in such a big house so  as we planned ages ago, we took her here:

www.yado-musashi.co.jp/index.h…

I know. sooo pretty :] it was really relaxing, the room was lovely. I got a good deal online, around 8500yen (AUD$85ish or more) including hot springs, dinner and breakfast buffet, rental of pretty yukatas, 1000yen shop voucher, snacks and tea. my grandmother's appetite returned (she hasn't been eating much lately which is horrifying because she usually loves food) and we were really happy.

when we returned news came that my grandauntie had passed away while we were gone. we were really close to her, since she didn't have any children she treated us like family and took my mother on trips before. now at 89, i think she had lived a full and beautiful life. and i just wished i could had visited her in the hospital before she passed away. at the funeral everyone was saying how she was waiting for us to come back to japan before she could go... and that made my chest hurt. I couldnt stop crying. she was so beautiful in that coffin. her pale face and hair - she looked completely at peace. I touched her cheeks and they were dead cold. we all put flowers in her coffin, and her favorite stuff. I placed her favorite eel sushi right next to her. I had to hold this cane thing which was something symbolic apparently. and we drove in a black limo to the incinerating place where we said our final goodbyes. it was so painful. collecting her ashes, burying her... I think it changed me as a person.

My grandma just went downhill from here, emotions wise, and we spent the rest of the time making arrangements with the care people to take her out more, shopping, bath houses, etc. we tried to cheer her up as much as we can and she was just really happy to have us.

i didnt say half the stuff i wanted to say but ill try and stop here.
basically, embrace what you have now because you never know when its going to slip though your fingers. bah, that was a really fail way of putting it. yes, fail is officially an adjective.

I also have something bugging me tonight... do you think Japanese Fashion is wierd/freaky/not cool at all? I confessed that I'm into gothic lolita fashion to a friend and now he thinks im weird. -1 friend for me ;_; Yeah, i guess its really different. its really OUT THERE and what not. I mean the way its portrayed by the media/most fan sites/general interpretations are like, LOOK ITS TOTALLY WEIRD WHO WEARS THAT STUFF but it sort of hurts when people poke fun at it. I cant talk about my interests to my real life friends because they'd think I'm some sort of alien. i hate myself sometimes :[

EDIT: okay my postcard prints arrived, and im really excited especially mum. She's going to give them out to her friends and stuff. it just hit me that any person who gets ahold of my postcard can just easily go and type the url, and BAM, here is all my personal art, thoughts, everything. suddenly I feel really vulnerable. I feel like hiding all my horrible artworks away and deleting my dA... and not writing all this personal stuff in my journal and stuff. but i cant bring myself to. they are a part of me, which scares me. I suddenly wish dA had some sort of private option or something. ahh, this cold is getting to me.
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StarEclypse's avatar
Death is the hardest thing we will have to go through in our life...I hope you and your grandma are still doing well. And don't give up! All those jerks are just jealous that you love something so cool and original. They are scared of the unknown cause they think people won't like them.
Stay strong
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